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Light spectral filtering based on spatial adiabatic passage

Menchon-Enrich, Ricard
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Llobera, Andreu
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Vila-Planas, Jordi
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2013
Light-Science & Applications

We present the first experimental realization of a light spectral filter based on the spatial adiabatic passage technique. We demonstrate that a fully integrable CMOS-compatible system of three coupled identical total internal reflection silicon oxide waveguides with variable separation along their propagation direction can be used simultaneously as a low-and high-pass spectral filter within the visible range of wavelengths. Light is injected into the right waveguide, and after propagating along the system, long wavelengths are transferred into the left output, whereas short wavelengths propagate to the right and central outputs. The stopband reaches values up to -11 dB for the left output and approximately -20 dB for the right plus central outputs. The passband values are close to 0 dB for both cases. We also demonstrate that the filtering characteristics of the device can be controlled by modifying the parameter values, which define the geometry of the triple-waveguide system. However, the general filtering behavior of the system does not critically depend on technological variations. Thus, the spatial adiabatic passage filtering approach constitutes an alternative to other integrated filtering devices, such as interference or absorbance-based filters.

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DOI
10.1038/lsa.2013.46
Web of Science ID

WOS:000324469500002

Author(s)
Menchon-Enrich, Ricard
Llobera, Andreu
Vila-Planas, Jordi
Cadarso, Victor J.  
Mompart, Jordi
Ahufinger, Veronica
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Light-Science & Applications
Volume

2

Start page

e90

Subjects

CMOS-compatible technology

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integrated optics devices

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spatial adiabatic passage

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wavelength filtering devices

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REVIEWED

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